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Mordecai: the life & times
By Charles Foran. 2010
Mordecai Richler won multiple awards for adult and children's fiction, and wrote Oscar-nominated screenplays. His influence was larger than life…
in Canada and abroad. Foran describes Mordecai's life as young bohemian, irreverent writer, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend, romantic lover, and devoted husband and father. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. Winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. 2010.Mingan my village
By Solange Messier. 2014
"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.Meet a veterinarian: Candace Grier-Lowe (Career path choices.)
By Kim Ziervogel. 2009
Candace Grier-Lowe was a poor student in high school, but she loved animals and drew on that love to pursue…
a career working with them. She upgraded her skills in order to apply for university and succeeded after much effort. Today she is at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine as a veterinary dentistry resident. Contains a veterinary medicine FAQ page. For junior and senior high readers. 2009.Meet a journalist: Waubgeshig Rice (Career path choices.)
By Kim Ziervogel. 2009
After doing well in high school English, Waub Rice applied to study in Germany for a year and was accepted.…
He found this opened up a world of possibilities and he went to university at Ryerson to study journalism. Now this role model works in Winnipeg for the CBC doing stories about Aboriginal peoples. Contains a journalist career FAQ page. For junior and senior high readers. 2009.Meeting of generals
By Tony Foster. 1986
Major-General Kurt Meyer of the German armed forces during World War II was charged as a war criminal for the…
murders of 43 soldiers. A court martial sentenced Meyer to death although no evidence was presented to prove he ordered the killings. 1987 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award. 1986.La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir
By Maurice Champagne. 1980
L'auteur nous montre comment on peut répondre aux besoins de la personne et libérer la famille de ce qui l'aliène…
dans la société. Il met surtout en cause le pouvoir social mâle et les rôles destructeurs que ce pouvoir a maintenus entre les hommes et les femmes. 1980.L'islam contre l'islam: l'interminable guerre des sunnites et des chiites
By Antoine Sfeir. 2013
De façon pédagogique, l'auteur expose les faits historiques, théologiques et politiques qui ont figé le conflit entre une majorité Sunnite…
et une minorité Chiite, depuis la mort du prophète Mahomet. Ils permettent de comprendre les événements irakiens, iraniens, libanais ou syriens. Prix Livre et Droits de L'homme 2013. 2013.L'invention du monothéisme (Aux origines du Dieu unique. #1.)
By Jean Soler. 2002
" Jean Soler retrace, en s'appuyant sur les avancées de la recherche biblique et archéologique dans le dernier quart du…
XX° siècle, l'évolution des idées religieuses et, plus généralement, de la vision du monde caractéristique des Hébreux, depuis leur constitution en nation, à l'époque supposée de Moïse, le XIII ° siècle avant notre ère, jusqu'à la création de l'état d'Israël, trois millénaires plus tard. " -- 4e de couv.Lindbergh
By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.Lines on the water: a fisherman's life on the Miramichi
By David Adams Richards. 1998
Richards reflects on the art of fishing the Miramichi River, from landing his first trout to the endless search for…
the next great fishing pool. He writes about perseverance and respecting nature, and relates the lore, wisdom, humour, and passion of fishing. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1998.Like a straw bird it follows me and other poems (A Margellos world republic of letters book)
By Fady Joudah, Ghassān Zaqṭān. 2012
This inspired translation brings to English-language readers the best work by one of the most important and original Palestinian poets…
of our time. Winner of the 2013 Griffin International Poetry Prize. c2012. Uniform title: Ka-ṭayr min al-qashsh yatbaʻunī.Life on the ground floor: letters from the edge of emergency medicine
By James Maskalyk. 2017
Humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", draws upon his experience treating patients in the…
world's emergency rooms. From Toronto to Addis Ababa, Cambodia to Bolivia, he discovers that although the cultures, resources and medical challenges of each hospital may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Here, on the ground floor, is where Dr. Maskalyk witnesses the story of "human aliveness"--our mourning and laughter, tragedies and hopes, the frailty of being and the resilience of the human spirit. And it's here too that he is swept into the story, confronting his fears and doubts and questioning what it is to be a doctor. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2017.Let's move on: Paul Okalik speaks out
By Paul Okalik, Louis McComber. 2018
Paul Okalik was raised in a community that has survived starvation, epidemics, eradication of their spiritual heritage, relocation, schooling in…
a foreign language and confrontation with the Canadian justice system. He made the decision to improve the living conditions of his fellow Inuit. After ten years in Ottawa universities, he was called to the Northwest Territories Bar and then was elected the first Premier of Nunavut, the new Canadian territory, all in the year 1999. The new government was challenged on all fronts. Education and training was crucial if Inuit wanted to play a determining role in decision-making. While Paul Okalik was premier, Nunavut developed a civil service decentralized over ten distant communities, built much-needed infrastructures and provided more affordable housing. 2018.Dans l'œil du pigeon: évolution, hérédité et culture
By Luc-Alain Giraldeau. 2016
Ce livre raconte l'étrangeté de la vie, ce qui la distingue de l'inerte, la conséquence aveugle de l'évolution et l'émancipation…
des gènes qui s'est acquise à chaque grande étape de l'invention de l'être, de l'organisme multicellulaire, de la reproduction sexuée, des sociétés animales et de la culture. La biologie n'appartient à personne, et surtout pas aux biologistes. C'est une culture, une grille de décodage de la réalité. Le regard qu'elle a développé du vivant est révélateur, intrigant, inquiétant, frustrant, stimulant. Il serait dommage de le réserver uniquement au monde des sciences naturelles et de l'université. 2016.Madame de Staël
By Michel Winock. 2010
Honoré Beaugrand: la plume et l'épée (1848-1906)
By Jean-Philippe Warren. 2015
Dans l'esprit de bien des gens, la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle confirme le repli conservateur d'une population canadienne-française engagée…
dans un combat ardu pour la survivance. Mais que faire d'un homme comme Honoré Beaugrand, qui aime à se décrire comme un « natural-born kicker » ? Soldat dans l'armée mexicaine, journaliste à La Nouvelle-Orléans, touriste en Chine, romancier et poète à ses heures, maire de Montréal, riche actionnaire de banques et de compagnies de chemins de fer, propriétaire du journal La Patrie, il entend convaincre ses compatriotes du droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes, du principe d'une éducation obligatoire et gratuite, de l'idéal du suffrage universel et de l'importance de l'autonomie des affaires temporelles à l'égard de l'autorité de l'Église catholique. Prix du Gouverneur général, section essais, 2015. 2015.L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord
By Thomas King, Daniel Poliquin. 2014
« L'Indien malcommode » est à la fois un ouvrage d'histoire et une subversion de l'histoire officielle. En somme, c'est…
le résultat de la réflexion personnelle et critique que Thomas King a menée depuis un demi-siècle sur ce que cela signifie d'être Indien aujourd'hui en Amérique du Nord. Dans ce franc-parler qui ne peut appartenir qu'à un Indien, King démonte avec beaucoup d'esprit les idées reçues touchant les peuples autochtones. Ce livre n'est pas tant une condamnation du comportement des un ou des autres qu'une analyse suprêmement intelligente des liens complexes qu'entretiennent les Blancs et les Indiens. 2014. Titre uniforme: Inconvenient Indian.Lords of the lake: the naval war on Lake Ontario,1812-1814
By Robert Malcomson. 1998
In the War of 1812, control of Lake Ontario was key, and the battle for it lasted the longest. The…
feats and failures of the opposing commodores, Isaac Chauncey and Sir James Yeo, are described, as are the roles played by key military and political leaders in shaping the course of the war. Features not only sea battles and raids, but shipwrecks, chases, and blockades, as well as the treacheries of egotists and the bravery of heroes. c1998.Louisbourg portraits: life in an eighteenth-century garrison town
By Christopher Moore. 1982
Lords of finance: 1929, The Great Depression, And The Bankers Who Broke The World
By Liaquat Ahamed. 2010
It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any…
one person's or government's control. Liaquat Ahamed reveals that it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of that economic meltdown. As yet another period of economic turmoil makes headlines today, "Lords of Finance" is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have, their fallibility, and the terrible human consequences that can result when they are wrong. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for history. 2010.